Evaluation of a Digital COPD Education Program for Healthcare Professionals in Long-Term Care – A Mixed Methods Study

Nyberg, André; Lundell, Sara; Pesola, Ulla-Maija; Audulv, Åsa; Wadell, Karin

doi:10.2147/copd.s353187

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“…Moreover, we have previously reported that a digital COPD education program could be used to increase objective measures of COPD-specific knowledge among health care professionals involved in COPD management [ 46 ]. Although objective measures of COPD-specific knowledge were not obtained in this qualitative study, in the category “receiving competence support,” health care professionals expressed that the COPD Web offered a unified knowledge bank, which led them to receive a higher and broader level of competence regarding COPD.…”

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“…Interview times vary and, occasionally, are short. Still, we interpreted our data to be rich enough for the analysis performed here, and a specific duration is not a guarantee for richness [ 46 , 48 ]. Second, during the analysis, triangulation between authors was made to ensure that our interpretation was grounded in the empirical data [ 46 ].…”

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“…Still, we interpreted our data to be rich enough for the analysis performed here, and a specific duration is not a guarantee for richness [ 46 , 48 ]. Second, during the analysis, triangulation between authors was made to ensure that our interpretation was grounded in the empirical data [ 46 ]. In addition, we continuously consulted the audio recordings when triangulation indicated risks of interpretational differences in a transcript [ 29 ].…”

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Experiences of Using an Electronic Health Tool Among Health Care Professionals Involved in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management: Qualitative Analysis

Nyberg¹,

Sondell²,

Lundell³

et al. 2023

JMIR Hum Factors

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Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common and deadliest chronic diseases of the 21st century. eHealth tools are seen as a promising way of supporting health care professionals in providing evidence-based COPD care, for example, by reinforcing information and interventions provided to the patients and providing easier access and support to the health care professional themselves. Still, knowledge is scarce on the experience of using eHealth tools from the perspective of the health care professional involved in COPD management. Objective The study explored the experiences of using an eHealth tool among health care professionals that worked with patients with COPD in their daily clinical practice. Methods This exploratory qualitative study is part of a process evaluation in a parallel group, controlled, pragmatic pilot trial. Semistructured interviews were performed with 10 health care professionals 3 and 12 months after getting access to an eHealth tool, the COPD Web. The COPD Web, developed using cocreation, is an interactive web-based platform that aims to help health care professionals provide health-promoting strategies. Data from the interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. Results The main results reflected health care professionals’ experiences in 3 categories: receiving competence support and adjusting practice, improving quality of care, and efforts required for implementation. These categories highlighted that using an eHealth tool such as the COPD Web was experienced to provide knowledge support for health care professionals that led to adaptation and facilitation of working procedures and person-centered care. Taken together, these changes were perceived to improve the quality of care through enhanced patient contact and encouragement of interprofessional collaboration. In addition, health care professionals expressed that patients using the COPD Web were better equipped to tackle their disease and adhered better to provided treatment, increasing their self-management ability. However, structural and external barriers bar the successful implementation of an eHealth tool in daily praxis. Conclusions This study is among the first to explore experiences of using an eHealth tool among health care professionals involved in COPD management. Our novel findings highlight that using an eHealth tool such as the COPD Web may improve the quality of care for patients with COPD (eg, by providing knowledge support for health care professionals and adapting and facilitating working procedures). Our results also indicate that an eHealth tool fosters collaborative interactions between patients and health care professionals, which explains why eHealth is a valuable means of encouraging well-informed and autonomous patients. However, structural and external barriers requiring time, support, and education must be addressed to ensure that an eHealth tool can be successfully implemented in daily praxis. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02696187; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02696187

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Experiences of Using an Electronic Health Tool Among Health Care Professionals Involved in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management: Qualitative Analysis

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Sondell²,

Lundell³

et al. 2023

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Experiences of Using an Electronic Health Tool Among Health Care Professionals Involved in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint)

Nyberg¹,

Sondell²,

Lundell³

et al. 2022

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BACKGROUND Although electronic health (eHealth) tools are seen as a promising way of delivering health services in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management, knowledge is scarce on the experience of using eHealth tools from the perspective of the healthcare professionals involved in COPD management in daily clinical praxis. OBJECTIVE The study explored the experiences of using an eHealth tool among healthcare professionals that worked with patients with COPD in daily clinical practice. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were performed with ten healthcare professionals three and twelve months after accessing the COPD Web, an eHealth tool. Data from the interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. RESULTS The main results reflected healthcare professionals’ experiences in three categories: receiving competence support and adjusting practice, improving quality of care, and efforts required for implementation. These categories highlight that using an eHealth tool such as the COPD Web was experienced to provide knowledge support for healthcare professionals, leading to adaptation and facilitation of working procedures and person-centered care, and, taken together, improving quality of care through enhanced patient contact and encouragement of interprofessional collaboration. In addition, healthcare professionals expressed that patients using the COPD Web were better equipped to tackle their disease and adhered better to provided treatment, increasing their self-management ability. However, structural and external barriers bar the successful implementation of an eHealth tool in daily praxis. Time, support, and education are needed to tackle these barriers. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that the use of an eHealth tool among healthcare professionals involved in COPD management improves quality of care and enables competence support and clinical practice adjustment, but efforts are required before an eHealth tool can be successfully implemented. CLINICALTRIAL NCT02696187

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Evaluation of a Digital COPD Education Program for Healthcare Professionals in Long-Term Care – A Mixed Methods Study

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Experiences of Using an Electronic Health Tool Among Health Care Professionals Involved in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management: Qualitative Analysis

Experiences of Using an Electronic Health Tool Among Health Care Professionals Involved in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management: Qualitative Analysis

Experiences of Using an Electronic Health Tool Among Health Care Professionals Involved in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint)

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